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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Western Arms Aid to Erbil

Western Arms Aid to Erbil

Monday 25 August 2014
Iraqi Kurdistan region should pursue its foreign relations through Foreign Ministry of Iraq. In other words, it is not allowed to communicate with other countries without coordination of Iraqi state. Regional government officials seek to import advanced weapons from western countries. But, western c ...
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Al-Abadi's Premiership and Challenges Ahead
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Al-Abadi's Premiership and Challenges Ahead

Sunday 31 August 2014 ،
Iraqi parties, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds in the plight of Iraq. Al-Abadi, from the very beginning of his premiership, will face with many political challenges due to a variety of gaps. For three decades, Al-Abadi has lived in European countries particularly in Britain. Accordingly, it seems ...
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Why You Can Hardly Believe a Word of What You Read About ISIS Terrorists
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Why You Can Hardly Believe a Word of What You Read About ISIS Terrorists

Tuesday 21 October 2014 ،
Iraqis with military training, including a full officer corps out onto the streets of its cities, jobless. It was a formula for creating an insurgency. Humiliated and embittered some of those men would later join various resistance groups operating against the American military occupation. It’s safe ...
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Iraqi Kurds Are Joining Fight to Drive ISIS Terrorist Group from Kobani
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Iraqi Kurds Are Joining Fight to Drive ISIS Terrorist Group from Kobani

Thursday 30 October 2014 ،
Iraqi Kurdistan have moved to join fighting against ISIS terrorist group besieging Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani, taking advantage of Turkey’s decision to open its borders to reinforcements. Alwaght-According to the New York Times, for the first time, Peshmerga forces from Iraqi Kurdistan have moved ...
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 Global Day For Kobani: Thousands March to Support Kurds’ Fight Against ISIS Terrorist Group
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Global Day For Kobani: Thousands March to Support Kurds’ Fight Against ISIS Terrorist Group

Sunday 2 November 2014 ،
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters entered Kobani from Turkey to join the battle against the militants, who have killed thousands and took control of large territories in Iraq and Syria proclaiming it as their caliphate.
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America to Train 2,000 Syrian Terrorists in Turkey
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America to Train 2,000 Syrian Terrorists in Turkey

Sunday 16 November 2014 ،
Iraqi Kurdistan region. Maybe because Turkey is more concerned with wiping out the Kurds under siege By the ISIS terrorist group rather than ISIS itself . Furthermore, Ankara is not warm on the idea of training PYD fighters, as it sees the group as an affiliate of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Pa ...
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19 policemen Killed by ISIS Terrorists in Iraq
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19 policemen Killed by ISIS Terrorists in Iraq

Sunday 14 December 2014 ،
Iraqi officials say. Police forces have been fighting ISIS terrorists since Friday, but lack of ammunition forced it to retreat and losing the town. I'm frustrated because we were left alone without support, said al-Wafa's mayor Hussain Kassar. Police forces backed by tribal fighters failed ...
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds

Tuesday 30 December 2014 ،
Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turkey’s policy towards Syria’s three-year-old crisis and accused Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of supporting ISIS terrorist group in. Alwaght - Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turkey’s policy towards Syria’s three-year-old ...
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Historical Mosque Demolished by ISIS in Iraq
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Historical Mosque Demolished by ISIS in Iraq

Sunday 4 January 2015 ،
Iraqi city of Mosul has targeted and demolished by the ISIS terrorists, as the terrorist group steps up attacks against religious sites and figures, SHAFAQNA reports. Alwaght- The historical mosque of Sultan Wais in the Iraqi city of Mosul has targeted and demolished by the ISIS terrorists, as the t ...
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?

Monday 5 January 2015 ،
Iraqi Interior Ministry said in a statement that attackers ambushed a vehicle carrying the four clerics late Thursday, in the district of Bab al-Zubeir. The fourth cleric was seriously wounded. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack. A statement from the office of Haidar al ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution